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Goal for Carter-Vickers, Nottingham Forest exits FA Cup
The roundup of USMNT players in Europe and Mexico along with the Concacaf Champions Cup starts in the Scottish Premiership. Cameron Carter-Vickers subbed out in the 59th minute of Celtic’s 7-1 home win over Dundee. Carter-Vickers opened the scoring in the 7th, Adam Idah doubled the lead in the 18th, and Matt O’Riley made it 3-0 in the 22nd. The Celtic offense continued with Daizen Maeda scoring in the 30th, Greg Taylor extending the lead in the 46th, and Callum McGregor adding a goal six minutes into first-half stoppage time. Daniel Kelly finished off the Celtic scoring in the 63rd. Playing a man down from the 76th, Dundee’s Michael Mellon scored in the 84th minute.
Matt Turner was in goal and Gio Reyna subbed on three minutes into stoppage time for Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 home loss to Manchester United in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup. Forest fell behind in the 89th minute.
Gianluca Busio and Tanner Tessmann’s Venezia shutout Cittadella 2-0 at home in Serie B. Busio subbed out in the 59th. Christian Gytkjaer opened the scoring in the 3rd and Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason doubled the lead in the 74th minute.
Caleb Stanko subbed on in the 65th minute of Lamia’s 3-1 loss at Altromitos in the Greek Super League. Trailing from the 2nd, Lamia’s Vykintas Slivka equalized in the 26th. Atromitos added a goal in the 61st, went a man down in the 69th, and scored again in the 81st minute. Erik Palmer-Brown wasn’t in the squad for Panathinaikos’s 2-0 home win over Aris. Anastasios Bakasetas opened the scoring in the 3rd and Fotis Ioannidis converted a 52nd minute penalty.
Moving to the Concacaf Champions Cup, Cincinnati shutout Cavalier 4-0 at home to advance 6-0 on aggregate. Alvas Powell opened the scoring in the 19th and Aaron-Salem Boupendza added a goal in the 34th. Cincinnati’s Isaiah Foster extended the lead in the 71st and Gerardo Valenzuela finished off the goals in the 78th minute. FC Cincinnati will play Monterrey in the round of 16.
“We get a top club in Liga MX, they’ve been a top club for quite some time and obviously now with the addition of a former FCC player with Brandon (Vazquez), it adds to a little bit of the excitement in the conversation around that game. “So we know it’s going to be a very difficult series and you set it up where we’re thinking about Chicago right now, when the time comes. And, you know, we step on the field on the seventh at home, we know we need to start in a very strong way against a very dangerous opponent.”
Nashville beat Moca FC 4-0 at home, winning the series 7-0 on aggregate. McKinzie Gaines opened the scoring on the night in the 13th with Forster Ajago adding a goal in the 38th. An own-goal made it 3-0 Nashville in the 45th with Ajago scoring again in the 53rd. Nashville failed to convert a penalty in the 83rd minute. Nashville plays Inter Miami in the round of 16.
In a meeting of USMNT players in Liga MX, Joe Corona’s Tijuana drew 1-1 at home with Brandon Vazquez’s Monterrey. Corona subbed out in the 81st minute. It was Corona giving Tijuana the lead with a 58th minute goal. Sergio Canales equalized for Monterrey in the 84th.
On Thursday, the New England Revolution shutout Independiente 2-0 on the night to advance 3-0 on aggregate in the Concacaf Champions Cup. Nachi Gil put the Revs up in the 8th and Tomas Chancalay added a goal in the 58th minute. New England will play Alajuelense in the round of 16.
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